Compound rail.



Eu Br COMPOUND RAIL. APPucmou FILED 1m 3, m4.

Patented A zp, 1915.

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comro'uun RAIL.

To all whom 'it-mag concern:

Be it known that I, Emma-R. Brown, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and. State .of New York, have invented certain new and compound rail that is formed of three sec-, tions't-hat ar held'in operative relation to one another in a novel mannerso that spreading, sinking or creeping of the rails is prevented, a certain amount of track resiliency provided and an'even riding or hear ing facilitated.

novel means for securingthe rail to a cross tie, said means being of durable and efficient construction and p the sect1ons compr sing the rail in operative relation to 'one'anotlier as/well as to hold the rail to the tie.

Another object of importance is to provide a rail of the character described that 18 of 'g simple construction, is light, durable a'ndinexpensive to manufacture and 1nstall.- Y

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated I in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out as claimed.

lV'th-reference to the drawings, wherein' I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of myinvention as it'is reduced to practice,

and throughout the several views of which similar reference numerals designate corre-' sponding parts, Figure 1 is a plan viewqof my improved rail showing the same attached to fragmentary portions of rail ties, Fig. 2 is a detail sectionalv-iew-partly in elevation I showing the rail securing and holding means that is employed at the joint of the rails taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig; 3 is a detail perspective view partly-fin section showing oneof the members to secure the rail to a tie, said member being constructed similar to the one illustrated iii-Fig.2 but smaller, and Fig. 4: is a detail side elevat on of the center rail section showing the means for arranging and overlapping the meeting ends of said sections.

Referring to hr-Mum HM: numeral 1 designates as an Specification of Letters Patent.

An ObJQCt of importance is to preside V ordinary wheel.- serving to securely holding ribs 16 the; drawings by characters Patented Aprfid, 1%15; Applicationfiled an 3, 1914.- Serial so. aeasir Y entirety any improved rail that is niounted in the usual manner upon rail ties Q-byj a plurality ofrail. clamping and securing members 3.

' My improved rail-consists of a relatively near its lower edge and beveledon its outer,

face as at 7, said beveled faces 7 being arranged to cooperate withinwar'dly inclined flanges 8 formed 'on opposite sides of the slot which as will be clearlyseen securely holds the sections andv 6 in position,' L Elite upper edges of the sections ,4, 5, and Gare? 'members 3. The flanges 8 form. a dove rtail'f" iii beveled slightly in such manner that the ra-il top is sloped or inclined inwardly'toward'thefffli center of the track, 'in orderg to 'contormto the inclinationof the tread-surfaceorgan I Bolts 9 are inserted trans-T versely through .the sections 4, 5 and 6 at points centrally, approximately of'the up-' per and lower edges thereof and on opposite; s1 des of each clamping and securing member;

The heads ofthe bolts 9 are arranged to err-3% age the clamping member and the "screw threaded terminals thereof have turned thereon suitable nuts 10 which are also ar-' ranged to engage the clamping memberfif" lhis arrangement prevents slipping offthe rails; The beveled or inclined outer faces at the lower part of the sections 41- and -512xtendupwardly a distance equivalent ,-tof "half of the sections.

tion to one another.

'90 he bolts 9 'Serve t 's 'c y i I hold th sections 4:, 5 andfi in operative rela- At the-ends of the center section 411 p'rovide' tonguesand recesses designated t1 and 1E2 which form horizontal shoulders to-e1igage one another so as to prevent one end of the,center section sinking or slipping relzitive to the other and provide a more" even support at the joint.- I

At the joints 1 provide rail securing and clamping members designated 13 as an entirety,- each of which consists of a rectangu? lar body plate 14 and having spaced flanges 15 similar to the ones 8 andarranged to or operate with the beveled eniarged' lowr edges of the rail sections 5 and 5. Reinforc are formed on the outer faces of the flanges I formed on'the bottom of the platel. The rib 17 is designed to fit within a groove which is preferably formed in theiie 2.

15 and a reinforcing-rib 1'? is s Screw threaded spikes 18 are inserted through the plate 14 to secure the member the members 13, secured in the same,man-- ner to the-rail, but is smaller. The flanges 15 on the members 13 extend upwardly for a distance equivalent to half the height of the rail and have their upper faces disposed ata point Where the-upper edge of the beveled face terminates so as not to interfere with the flanges on the Wheels of the cars.

In practice, the rails are laid so that the. v sections 4, 5 and 6 are not joined at the same place, the joints for the different sections 'being arranged considerably I spaced from each other. In this manner a greater amount of rigidity is provided the track and a smoother bearing surface is provided 'for the wheels, thus elim nating wear on the Wheels and on the trains or cars. At each point Where a section is )OlIltd with a corresponding section I provide a' double he '19 that is interlocked as at 20 adjacent to its ends. The double tie consists of two ties of the ordinary construction. A securing element 21 is secured about the ties so as to hold them closely together. In this manner it will be readilv seen that sinking of one rail section relative to the other is obviated and that an extremely smooth and even bearing surface for the wheels is provided, also possibilitv-ot creeping or spreading is obviated.

In a track constructed as described it will be readily 'seen that more than one independent rail section is arranged to support a wheel thus insuring the smooth and even riding of the rolling stock.

It will be readily seen that the supporting elements of each rail will provide a certain amount of resiliency which could not he had with a. solid rail and that different bearing surfaces will serve in a measure to ,UICFL'IT; slip ii'ig of the rails relative to the 1 1c ra-ii seiiwiriug and clamping members lei for holding the rails upon the ties are mounted within recesses in the ties so that the horizontal rail-supporting faces thereof are flush with the faces of the tie and the arrangement provides resiliency and serves in a measure to deaden the sound caused by the avheels of the train passingoverthe rails.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention. illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most citcient and practical; yet realizingthat the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details ofconstruction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required. without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention. as set forth.

What is claimed is:

l. A compound rail comprising a flat center section, side sections mounted on the center sections and being enlarged at their lower longitudinal edges and provided Withbeveled faces on the outer-sides oi? the long-i- 8 tudinal enlarged portions, bolts inserted transversely through the sections, the center section being providedvvith a recess and a tongue at its ends. to cotiperate with the ends of adjacent sections at the joint and means to engage the beveled enlarged portions of the outer sections, to hold the. sections in operative relation to one another and secure the rail to a tie.

A'compoumlrail consisting of a phirality of sections, means to secure the sections to one another, each of'said sections being beveled'a't its upper edge to provide-a slope to' the upper face of the rail and means to clamp the sections in operative relation,

the central sections being provided with tongues and recesses at their ends, and means to secure the rail to a tie, also serving to hold the sections inoperative rclation'to one another.

o rails engage a part of each tie as Well as the, clamping and securing members. This 

